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Entomology
The study of insects.
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costal fold
Biology; Entomology
A narrow, thin membrane folded back on the upper surface of the costa of the forewing of butterflies, it contains androconia
stylet
Biology; Entomology
A needle-like object: applied to the various components of piercing mouthparts and also to a part of the sting of a bee or other hymenopteran.
post-vertical bristles
Biology; Entomology
A pair of bristles - divergent, parallel, or crossing - on the back of the head of various flies, some way behind the ocelli.
endoparasite
Biology; Entomology
A parasite which lives inside its host's body. Most of the ichneumons, are endoparasites during their larval stages.
